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A-levels
May 2024
Fewer pupils in England studying drama and media at GCSE and A-level
Figures show statistics, computing, physics and maths have risen in popularity and languages bouncing back
February 2024
More than half of British girls lack confidence learning maths, poll finds
Teach First highlights gender gap in maths and science and calls for higher pay for trainee teachers in Stem subjects
December 2023
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
David Cameron defends UK’s decision not to vote for UN resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza – as it happened
Record 350,000 parents in England fined over term-time holidays with children
November 2023
It’s worth a shot at getting in to Oxford
Letters:
The chances of being admitted are higher than many students think, writes
Megan Lee
October 2023
The Guardian view on exam reform: schools have more acute problems than a narrow curriculum
Unions and teachers call Rishi Sunak’s new education plan ‘a misdirected fantasy’
Rishi Sunak’s new A-level exam is the HS2 of educational reform: it’ll never happen
Simon Jenkins
Sunak’s plan to ditch A-levels is out of touch with reality, says union
September 2023
There’s no need for a British baccalaureate
Letters:
Readers respond to Rishi Sunak’s plan for radical changes to the post-16 curriculum and qualifications
Rishi Sunak’s A-level overhaul plan is undeliverable gimmick, says Labour
School leaders say funding and teacher shortages are far more urgent than a ‘British baccalaureate’
Rishi Sunak’s planned A-levels revamp could include baccalaureate
PM wants pupils in England to study a wider range of subjects including maths and English until they are 18
August 2023
‘Children without a bed aren’t going to be interested in school’: can England’s north-south education divide be repaired?
Political vision can close Britain’s growing education divide. But who has it?
Justine Greening
A-level students have been failed by Tory ineptitude
State school voices: ‘My A-levels were awful. I feel like I’ve been robbed’
Equality depends on education. England’s class of 2023 have suffered a grave injustice over A-level results
Lee Elliot Major
Brief letters
Michael Parkinson was on the right side of history
Record number of UK school leavers gain university places through clearing
Thousands fewer students in England awarded top A-level grades
About 2,519 results for A-levels
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